A 2,300-year-old tomb in southwest Turkey—once revered as a holy Islamic site—turns out to be the tomb of ancient Greek boxer ...

We assume people have been punching each other for basically forever, but the earliest known depiction of boxing comes from a Sumerian relief in Iraq. (Check out the two dudes on the left.) Be careful ...

Archaeologists in the U.K. have unearthed ancient boxing gloves at the Roman fort of Vindolanda, just south of Hadrian’s Wall in Northern England. The leather gloves, which are not a matching pair, ...